World-famous violinist Itzhak Perlman knew his audience at a Seattle Symphony concert. Many were polio survivors. Not an odd connection, as Perlman had fought the disease, too. Polio survivor Merilyn ...

Local polio survivors have a social support group available for sharing information, resources, and support. Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a disease caused by the poliovirus that spread person to person ...

When Bonnie Levitan was 11 years old in 1951, she was paralyzed from the neck down for six months. She laid in a hospital bed in Pontiac, experiencing the “frightening” treatment for polio. Hot packs ...

From left, Bonnie and Warren Peascoe, Dave Johnson and Pat and Janice Kelly explore the accessibility of the Middle Creek Trail at the Washington Works Nature Trails. Johnson is a volunteer who ...

Andrea Morris, of Hadley, from left, Barbara Levine, of Amherst, Marjorie Townsend, of Hadley, and Patricia Branch, of Amherst, share information during a post-polio support group meeting at Dunkin' ...

The Wood County Society and members of the Mid-Ohio Valley Post-Polio Support Group have celebrated the society’s 30th anniversary of sponsoring the group. From left, front: Warren Peascoe, chairman ...

(Reuters) - The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) needs more funds and has pushed back by three years its target to officially wipe out all forms of the disease, officials said on Thursday.

ROCHESTER — The Seacoast Post Polio Group will meet on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 1:30 p.m. at the Salmon Falls Room at the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital at 789 Central Ave. The room is located next to the ...

But the medical profession is in two minds The 8th edition (2024) of the book, “Plotkin’s Vaccines”, seems to promote an entirely different theory – that it is poor sanitation which leads to ...